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2022 Census: self-reported brown population is the majority in Brazil for the first time

2022 Census shows that, in Brazil, 45.3% of the persosn were brown; 43.5%, white; 10.2%, black, 0.8% reported being indigenous and 0.4$, Asian. - Photo: IBGE Archive In 2022, about 92.1 million persons reported being brown, which corresponds to 45.3% of the country’s population. Since 1991, this total...

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IBGE improves the calculation of domestic services for inflation indexes

The coming IPCA-15, to be released tomorrow, May 23, will present a new form of inclusion of domestic services in the housing unit, a change implemented in all consumer prices indexes – IPCA, IPCA-15 and INPC. It is the second time the institute effects a change in the inclusion of these subitems which,...

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Construction costs decelerate to 1.33% in February

National cost by square meter reached R$ 1,319.18 in February - Photo: Pixabay The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi) stayed at 1.33% in February, 0.66 percentage points below the January rate (1.99%), the first instance of deceleration since July 2020. There was increase of the indicator in...

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Industrial output grows in ten of 15 places surveyed in May over April

The sector of computer equipment, electronic and optical products was key to the result of industry in Amazonas - Picture: Gilson Abreu/FIEP Between April and May, the Brazilian industrial output advanced 0.3%, with a growth in ten out of 15 places surveyed by the Monthly Survey of Industry (Regional...

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Inflation decelerates to 0.25% in January pressed by drop in electricity

Change from the red tariff flag to the yellow one contributed to the deflation in the group of Housing - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency After four months of rises, varying from 0.64% in September to 1.35% in December, the inflation decelerated in January, registering 0.25%, the lowest index since...

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Industrial prices rise 0.65% in December, stay at 5.19% in 2019

Prices of the industry of petroleum refining had the eighth monthly rise in 2019 - Photo: Andre Motta de Souza/Petrobras Agency The industrial prices increased 0.65% in December 2019 in relation to November and closed the year with a rise of 5.19%, well below the annual index of 2018 (9.64%). The data...

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Industry inflation decelerates to 0.61% in June, even with high in ethanol and petroleum prices

Petroleum refining and ethanol products had a 17% high in June - Photo: André Motta de Souza/Petrobras Industry prices rose 0.61% in June over the previous month, with the main impact coming from the activities related to petroleum derivatives and biofuels (17.07%). Despite the rise, there was deceleration...

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Employment in services sector grows 7.8%, hits record of 13.4 million

Employment in Services rendered mainly to families fell 8.5% against 2019, influenced by Food services, which lost 223.7 thousand jobs - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The Annual Survey of Services (PAS) 2021 showed a total of 1.5 million active companies, a growth of 7.9% over 2019 and of 9.2%...

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June estimate points to record harvest of 258.5 million metric tons in 2021

Delay in soybean planting caused damage to the second crop of corn, now with a drop in the 2021 estimate - Photo: Jonas Oliveira/AEN-PR The Brazilian Harvest of grains, cereals and oilseeds is expected to reach a record 258.5 million metric tons in 2021, according to the June estimate of the Systematic...

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Custos da construção civil desaceleram para 0,38% em outubro (2)

Sinapi confirms the pace of decline in relation to the period of the pandemic - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Civil Construction Index (Sinapi), released today (Nov. 10) by the IBGE, rose 0.38% in October, but decelerated 0.06 percentage points (pp) compared to the September rate...

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Value of forestry production increases by 11.9% and hits record figure of R$33.7 billion

Planted area of silviculture amounted to 9.5 million hectares, of which 77.3% are of eucalyptus, and value of production reached R$27.4 billion - Photo: Fernando Dias/Ascom-Sepadr Value of production of forestry activities reached a record of R$33.7 billion, with an increase of 11.9% and output from...

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Construction costs increase by 1.45% in March

The major influence on Sinapi in March was the 2.2% rise in the cost of materials - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (April 9) by the IBGE, increased 1.45% in March and was 0.12 percentage points above February (1.33%). In the first...

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With services affected by pandemic, GDP of 2020 falls 3.3%

Food services fall 27% and influence GDP retraction in 2020 - Picture: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the world economy, the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 3.3% after rising 1.2% in 2019. The gross value added of services fell 3.7%, leveraged...

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Construction costs speed up to 1.87% in April

Steel drives high in prices of civil construction materials - Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (May 11) by the IBGE, rose 1.87% in April compared to March - the third highest rate in the series since the exemption from payroll in...

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SCN - 2022 System of Naional Accounts: Brazil

The System of National Accounts - SNA presents information on the generation, distribution and use of income in Brazil. There is also data on accumulation of assets, financial assets and on the relations between the domestic economy and the rest of the world. The results now released by the IBGE for...

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Civil construction costs up 0.35% in March

Collective bargaining in Bahia and Amapá drove the high in construction costs - Photo: Simone Mello/IBGE News Agency The National Index of Civil Construction (Sinapi), released today (9) by the IBGE, grew 0.35% in March, an increase of 0.10 percentage points (pp) in relation to February (0.25%). The...

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Inflation stays at 0.53% in June, pressed by rise in electricity

With the red tariff flag level 2, in force since June, electricity fare exerted the biggest individual impact on the month´s index. Photo: Helena Pontes/IBGE News Agency Inflation decelerated to 0.53% in June, after registering 0.83% in the previous month. This is the highest figure for June since 2018...

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Inflation preview is 0.81% up in biggest increase since 2015

Food and beverages has cumulative inflation increase of 12.12% in the year - Photo: Helena Pontes/ IBGE News Agency Led by food products, inflation preview in November hit 0.81%, biggest increase for the month since 2015 (0.85%). All the other groups, besides Food and beverages (2.16% up), also recorded...

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ln March, construction labor force becomes cheaper

Released today by the IBGE, the National Index of Civil Construction registered the lowest rate for a month of March compared with the previous years, with a change 0.14% and a decrease of 0.16 percentage points in relation to February. Augusto Oliveira, manager of the survey, highlighted the negative...

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First forecast expects record harvest of grains in 2022 leveraged by recover of corn

Corn is expected to rise in the two harvests in 2022 and should leverage a record - Photo: Licia Rubinstein/IBGE News Agency According to the first estimate of the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production - LSPA, released today (11) by the IBGE, the Brazilian harvest of cereals and legumes should...